Railroad-tie.



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RAILROAD TIB.

APPLICATION FILED APB.16, 1913.

1,9819666, Patented D60. 16, 1913.

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narniaoaD-Tin@ Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatentedllec. 16, 1913..

4.Application filed April 16, 19'13. Serial No. 761,594.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it knownl that I, EDWARD FRiTsoH, a

citizen of the United States,- residing at Minonk, in the lcounty of Woodford and ,State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful" Improvements in Railroad- Ties'; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description therefrom in a simple and effective mannerl when it is so desired, but will eliminate thev danger of therails becoming. loosened from ordinary use or by accident.

Another object 'of my invention is to provide a tie of the above character' which will more firmly hold the rails in place without the use of spikes or similar fastenings as are generally used in the laying of rails in the ordinary construction of railways.

A still further object of my invention is to provide-afastenin device wherein any strain on the bolt will ,e substantially eliminated. u

With the above and other objects in view, l will now proceed to describe my invention in the following speciiication and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view of my improved railway tie, showing the ,rails applied, one portion being in section; Fig is a t'op plan view of my improved tie as it Awould appear with tional view talren on line 3-3 of Fig, 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 5 and 6 indicate railway rails of the usual type comprising the usual head, the web 7, and the o.

'lhe tie preferablyleomprises the rails in place; and Fig.' 3 is a detail sec- A mg transversely extending recesses a spaced v ,transverselv thereof, blocks body nortion 9, having adjacent each end a recess, in which the flange of the rail is adapted to be received. An overlying tongue 10 is formed adjacent said recess and .integral with the tie, and is adapted to overlie a portion of the flange 8 of the rail and hold the same firml. in place. cleary illustrated in Fig. 1, and adapted to `receive the block 11, havingformed at one extremity thereof the overlying tongue 12 which 1s adapted to overlie'the Harige of the frail opposite the flange which extends beneath the tongue 10. rlhis block 11 is provided intermediate its sides and endswith' an aperture,"which is adapted to' yreeeive a bolt 13, having at its lower extremity a head 14 and being provided at its upper eX- tremity with a nut 15. Extending longitudinallyof therecessin the tie, l preferably provide grooves 16 which are adapted.

to receive the ribs 17, formed `integrally with the bloclrll when the said block is in place, and it will :be clearly seen that when the said block is in place the ribs .17 will extend into the recesses and prevent the block from The bolt 13, as is illustrated in Fig` 1, passes upwardly througlran opening` whichjregisters with the opening formed in the block 11, so that said bolt willvfirmly clamp the block 411 in place on `the tie, and when the apertures in both the block and the tie are in registration the rib 17 willbe seated in the grooves 16, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

While in the foregoing l have shown and The recess is extended, as'

75 `sliding' laterally with/relation to the tie.`

described the preferred embodiment of my invention, l wish it to be understood that l may change the specific arrangements of parts without in an i wa de aartin fromY the spirit and scope of 'my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what` l claim is:

A rail tie comprising a body portion havdjacent liv each end, tongues formed in said body portion and overlyir of the recesses,- said recesses havi lif'-shaped depressions cured in the recesses, said blocks having shabed depressions and the ribs, wherebytlie tongues formed along one edge, two spaced bloeks'are held firmly in position on the tie. 10

ribs formed on the bottom of each of the In testimony whereof I alix my signature blocks, said ribs being adapted to coperatie in presence of two witnesses. with the V-shaped depressions in-thegbottom EDWARD FRITSCH. of the recesses and hold the blocks from lon- Witnesses: gitudinal displacement, and bolts adapted FRANK PERSIC, to extend through apertures between the V- GEORGE SHAFFER. 

